Crystal River current., 1887-01-29
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Lawrence, Kansas, suffered from q
saOo, 600 fire last Saturday.
Lord Iddesleigh died suddenly of
heart disease in the rooms of the Marquis
Of Salisbury.
5The freedom of the city of London
has been conferred on Henry NJ. Stanley,
the African explorer.
Papers have been filed in the United
Bell Telephone patent.
The corn, wheat and oats crops of
the United States for the year 1856 had a
farm" value of 81 III, 100000.
A fire in the residence of Professor
Bell, at Washington, destroyed library
of 5000 volumes of scientific works.
1t is said that the railroad lobby at
Washington have about given up all hopes
of defeating the Interstate Commerce bill.
The stock of wheat yet on hand in
California is 100000 tons, 100000 tons of
which is available for shipment to Europe.
The New York World calls upon the
Democrats and Republicans to unite and
elect Roscoe Conkling Senator from New
York.
Four hundred coal miners at the
National mine in Washingtonville, Ohio,
demand an increase in wages and are on a
strike.
The Alcazar palace at Toledo, in
Spain, was recently destroyed by fire. 1t
had only lately been restored at cost of
81, 100000.
During the year 1886 the value of
the exports of breadstuffs from the United
States were SIS, 431 ,OsS in excess of the pre-
vious year.
The Eighth National Convention of
the American Agricultural and Dairy As
ISOLATION has been called in New York City
Feb. Sth and 9th.
Bismarck made long speech in the
German parliament on the 11th in which. he
stated that France was still the only enemy
they had to watch.
DR.. William Perry, the Oldest gradu-
ate of Harvard College, died at Exeter, N.
H., aged 9s years, He was passenger on
Fulton's first steamboat.
Hon. Charles B. Farwell has been
nominated by the Republicans of the ILL
nois Legislature to succeed Senator Logan,
and w. r. Morrison by the Democrats.
In New Haven court last week two
railroad men were fined $50 each for con-
spiracy upon complaint of a man whose
name they had put upon ''black list"
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the organization of the Albany
National Bank, of Laramie City, with
capital of s100, 900, to commence business.
John Roach, the ship builder, died
a. his home In New York on the morning
of the 10th. The deceased leaves a widow
and three sons and one daughter, all grown.
Alexander Crawford, prominent
Duluth iron manufacturer, and his four
brothers have been left fortune of over
g1,OOO 600 by the death of a cousin in Aus
tralia.
In commenting on Bismarck's great
speech, LIE NIatin, of Paris, says, 1.-THE ac-
count will never be settled as long as the
German flag floats over Metz and Stras-
bOurg."
Mrs. Linsay, the elder of the two wo-
men who were arrested in Paris, in connec-
tion with swindling game, attempted sui
eide in prison by opening an artery in her
arm with piece of glass.
The election of John L. Sullivan, the
champion pugilist, as a member of John A.
Cameron Lodge, No. 312, Ancient Order of
United Workmen, has created good deal
of feeling in the order throughout the State.
Some of the newspapers of the order protest
very strongly.
One of the most disastrous ship
wrecks which ever occurred on the Vir-
ginia coast happened at 2 O'Clock this
morning, near the Little Island life-saving
station, eighteen miles south of Cape Henry,
and not less than twenty and possibly more
lives were lost, among them being five Of
the life-saying men, who in the discharge of
their duty were drowned.
A meeting was held in London on
the 12th of gentlemen who are interested in
the promotion of the establishment of an
Imperial Institute. The Prince Of Wales
presided, and in explaining the object of
the meeting he said the general feeling of
the people of the Empire favored giving
some signal proof of their love and loyalty
to the Queen on the occasion of the jubilee
Of her reign. An Imperial Institute was the
fittest memorial that could be erected. This